Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit
Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda
17.9 Foods that are katu-amla-lavana-atyusnatiksna-ruksa-vidahinah,
bitter, sour, salty, very hot
(-'very' is to be connected with all, viz bitter etc.;
that is very bitter, very sour, and so on-), pungent,
dry [Without fat.] and burning; and duhkha-sokaamaya-pradah,
which produce pain, sorrow and
disease; [Pain, immediate suffering; sorrow, grief
arising from not having that desired food.] are
rajasasyaistah, dear to one having rajas.
17.10 Food which is not properly cooked, lacking
in essence, putrid and stale, and even ort and that
which is unfit for sacrifice, is dear to one possessed
of tamas.
English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit
Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda
17.10 Bhojanam, food; which is yata-yamam, not
properly cooked [Yata-yamam lit. means 'crooked
three hours ago', that which has lost its essence; but
here it is translated as 'not properly cooked to
avoid tautology, for the next word gata-rasam, too,
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